All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 16
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FeaturesThessaloniki’s doc festival’s Orestis Andreadakis on this month’s event
There are fils celebraing 50 years of modern Greek democracy and a new Citizen Queer programme.
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NewsBerlinale doc ‘Favoriten’ scores key deals for Autlook (exclusive)
The fly-on-the-wall film follows a class of kids over a three-year period at a high school in Vienna.
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News‘Birdman’ sound designer Martin Hernandez details upcoming Netflix project ‘The Master Of Monarchs’
The documentary series follows an environmental activist murdered in 2020 for standing up to organised crime groups.
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NewsFrench director Leos Carax says it is “easier to take money from producers you don’t like”
Carax discussed his upcoming mid-length film C’est pas moi in Qumra.
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FeaturesUK film committee chair Caroline Dinenage on tax credits, streamer levies and cinema quotas
The Culture, Media and Sport Committee has been looking into the challenges facing the independent film and high-end TV industry.
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FeaturesWhy it’s boom time for theatrical re-releases of classic films
The success of the re-release market is also spawning more documentaries about filmmakers like Berlin title ‘Made In England: The Films Of Powell And Pressburger’.
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NewsUK producer David P Kelly joins Sergei Paradjanov doc hybrid
Director Zara Jian shooting material at Berlinale for ’I Will Revenge This World With Love’.
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NewsOdin’s Eye hatches deals on ‘Little Eggs: A Frozen Rescue’ (exclusive)
Dazzler sets UK theatrical release for Match 29.
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NewsGeorgian film industry dispute reaches Berlin (exclusive)
Two rival organisations are insisting on their right to be representing Georgian cinema in the festival.
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NewsIs the Berlinale eyeing a move from Potsdamer Platz? (exclusive)
It has long been rumoured but is a move really on the cards? Screen investigates.
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NewsHarvey Keitel to star in futuristic drama ‘Milarepa’ (exclusive)
The film is produced by Italy’s L’Altrofilm and the US’ Orwo Studios.
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NewsSola Media boards ‘The Lost Tiger’, the first animated feature directed by an Indigenous woman (exclusive)
‘The Lost Tiger’ is directed and co-written by Chantelle Murray.
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NewsThe Playmaker boards Sandra Hüller starrer ‘Two To One’, releases first look image (exclusive)
Comedy joins Munich-based sales agents EFM slate alongside female driven action thriller Early Birds.
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Features‘American Symphony’: Matthew Heineman talks funding challenges and the dramatic finale
Best known for documentaries in conflict zones, Matthew Heineman competes for a Bafta with a film about musician Jon Batiste and his wife Suleika Jaouad.
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NewsVue CEO Tim Richards on how company has been “to hell and back”, personally lost him “eight figure” sum (exclusive)
A confident Tim Richards now believes the company is “in the strongest position of any exhibitor” right now.
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FeaturesHow can Dutch films and talent find greater international success?
Netherlands Film Fund’s Sandra Den Hamers spotlights upcoming titles and the Fund’s new strategy.
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FeaturesFrom ‘Full Metal Jacket’ to ‘Head South’: IFFR opening director Jonathan Ogilvie charts his eclectic career
The New Zealand-born, Australia director of ‘Head South’ describes receating 1970s Christchurch for his autobiographical coming of age story.
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FeaturesHow IFFR’s Focus marries a lively mix of 1970s Chilean films, Italy’s Manetti brothers and Hong Kong provocateur Scud
The aim is to bring the films of such gleefully iconoclastic filmmakers to a wider interenational audience.
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Features30 European films to tempt festival directors in 2024
Including new features by Tom Tykwer, Paz Vega, Paolo Sorrentino, Cecilia Verheyden and Baltasar Kormakur.
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FeaturesWim Wenders on representing Japan in the Oscar race with ‘Perfect Days’: “It was a totally unexpected thing"
Although thrice nominated (for documentary feature), Wim Wenders has never won an Oscar. Could Japanese drama Perfect Days change his fortunes? Screen talks to the revered German filmmaker